Change times on all assignments

[cmuir]

Is there any way to mass edit the time assignments are due?  Being able to shift the dates doesn't help much if I still have to individually change the time on every assignment.  (Not the same as the requests to be able to choose a different default time for due dates, which would also be nice to have.)

[jerry_nguyen · Accepted solution]

@cmuir Yes, you can use this spreadsheet here https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Higher-Ed-Canvas-Users/Adjust-All-Assignment-Dates-on-One-Page/ba...

[jerry_nguyen · Accepted solution]

@cmuir Yes, you can use this spreadsheet here https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Higher-Ed-Canvas-Users/Adjust-All-Assignment-Dates-on-One-Page/ba...

[cmuir]

No way to do it from within Canvas, though?  That is, without using an external tool our IT folks may or may not approve of?

The spreadsheet is great, though, and find/replace would make it easy to change all the times at once.  The documentation for it refers to it being largely replaced by Canvas built in functionality, so I was hoping that included making mass changes to times.

[jerry_nguyen · Accepted solution]

@cmuir  from my understanding, at the moment, the UI to bulk edit the due date can only change the date, not time. The only way to bulk change times is using that spreadsheet or call API requests directly. 

That spreadsheet is just a Google Spreadsheet that runs via your browser using your personal Gmail. If you can use Google through your browser then there shouldn't be a problem

[gnoack]

Your IT folks won't know if you don't tell them.  😉

[evelyn_doody]

I definitely need this! I have over 100 assignments I have to change in addition to about 20 other types that need changing.

None of them have ever imported correctly. In addition, sometimes set dates change due to holidays, etc.

I had this over 20 years ago when I was using WebCT. Why is it so hard to set this up 20 years later!

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi @evelyn_doody ...

If you've not done so yet, I'd highly recommend checking out James' "Canvancement" called Adjust All Assignment Dates on One Page.  As others have mentioned here in this thread, this script should allow you to change those dates/times like you need.